The Horse as Cultural Icon. The Real and Symbolic Horse in the Early Modern World (P.

Edwards - K.A.E. Enenkel E. Graham), Brill, Leiden-Boston 2011.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Notes on the Editors

Notes on the Contributors

List of Illustrations

INTRODUCTION: THE HORSE AS CULTURAL ICON: THE REAL AND THE

SYMBOLIC HORSE IN THE EARLY MODERN WORLD

Peter Edwards and Elspeth Graham

I. HORSEMANSHIP AND STATUS

THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE'S 'LOVE [...] FOR GOOD HORSES': AN EXPLORATION

OF MEANINGS

Elspeth Graham

VISUAL AIDS: EQUESTRIAN ICONOGRAPHY

AND THE TRAINING OF HORSE, RIDER AND READER

Pia F. Cuneo

BIG MEN, SMALL HORSES: RIDERSHIP, SOCIAL STANDING AND

ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTATION IN THE EARLY MODERN PHILIPPINES

Greg Bankoff

LETTING LOOSE THE HORSES: SIR PHILIP SIDNEYS EXORDIUM TO THE DEFENCE OF POESIE

Elizabeth Socolow

THE LEGACY OF FEDERICO GRISONE

Elizabeth M. Tobey

II. HORSE BREEDING

ALTERING A RACE OF JADES: HORSE BREEDING AND GEOHUMORALISM IN

SHAKESPEARE

Ian F. MacInnes

BEWARE A BASTARD BREED: NOTES TOWARDS A REVISIONIST HISTORY OF THE THOROUGHBRED RACEHORSE

Richard Nash

THE MOST EXCELLENT OF ANIMAL CREATURES: HEALTH CARE FOR HORSES IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND

Louise Hill Curth

DARK HORSES. THE HORSE IN AFRICA IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES

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Sandra Swart

THE RENAISSANCE STUDS OF THE GONZAGAS OF MANTUA

Andrea Tonni

III. HORSE-HUMAN IDENTITIES

Image and Reality: Upper Class Perceptions of the Horse in Early Modern England

Peter Edwards

KNOW US BY OUR HORSES: EQUINE IMAGERY IN SHAKESPEARES HENRIAD Jennifer Flaherty

THE AUTHOR OF THEIR SKILL: HUMAN AND EQUINE UNDERSTANDING IN THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLES NEW METHOD Elaine Walker

THE MILITARY VALUE OF HORSES AND THE SOCIAL VALUE OF THE HORSE IN

EARLY-MODERN ENGLAND

Gavin Robinson

FORGING IRON AND MASCULINITY: FARRIER TRADE IDENTITIES IN EARLY

MODERN GERMANY

Amanda Eisemann